Posts Tagged With: #corbinapatrol

Brad, a newbie to the corbina patrol and flyfishing for corbina, landing his third bean in two days on the surfin merkin.

a new EP sand crab I have be working on, Ill be tying some of these this weekend at the Fly Stop in San Diego this Saturday from noon to three pm.

Tod goes three for five after a long beanies streak on the sand. He was on fire! photo by Al Q

Yes dreams do come true. Brad with a beauty that took him into his backing. Photo by Al Q

she ate the bubblegum before breakfast. a big mistake. photo by Al Q

Jim Solomon, Fly Zone master with one of two beans landed on Father’s Day. All on the pink surfin merkin. WTG Jimmy. photo by Al Q

I field tested a new SLV Okuma fly rod the past week that a buddy got me ands far landed seven species on it. Check out the Fly Zone with me and Jim Solomon to learn more about sight casting for corbina.

Tod working his third bean of the morning on a pink modified, surfin merkin

I love those days when the wind is down, the swell is dead flat and the sun lights up the water like your in the Bahamas fishing for bonefish in a swimming pool. You can spot Corbina all lit up, a half a mile a way. NOT!!!!

Sunday’s early morning session was crazy with rain, wind, no sun, choppy surf.  Even though conditions were not favorable, our Corbina posse landed seven fish, which is an above the average Corbina count, given this fish’s ability to drive you crazy and have lock jaw often… we had a small swell but the wind tended to foam up the beach making sight fishing pretty difficult, so what do ya do? You can go home and curl up in bed or you can tough up and spend more time searching and less time standing around waiting for something to happen. The moral of the story? Study the beach, walk! Once we located fish in one particular area the boys put a hurt on them. Tod who went through a long fishes streak, hooked five and landed three. It can be done, I have seen this scenario played out before. This game is about perseverance, don’t get frustrated. the more time you put in on the beach the more the rhythms of the beach become apparent. Watching these fish work the surf line is for me just as cool as catching them. Be one with the bean! The anglers that catch them  consistently are usually in areas where the corbina are most of the time. Finding those areas is what separates the average weekend warrior with the seasoned veterans. Even on beaches with no structure the fish spread out but there will be a small seam or slight depression or sand crab bed that will concentrate more fish in a particular area. This is what we look for, it is prime real estate in bean town baby.  Tight lines

-Al Q